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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Energy Democracy"”.
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A Just Transition : energy democracy, community choice aggregation, and the (im)possibilities of change
… undergoing unprecedented change. Movements for energy democracy, and proponents of a Just Transition -a transformation of the current fossil fuel-based system into place-based, sustainable, equitable, and democratically controlled economies-have attempted to capture the potential of these …
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Gateway to energy democracy and access in India using off-grid solar home systems and PayGo platform
… is an urgent need for the democratization of energy, which is defined as equitable access for smaller, disadvantaged energy consumers to the high-value energy options currently realized only by larger consumers. This study analyses the problem of energy access in India and it's background and …
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DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE IN COLLECTIVE ACTION INITIATIVES IN THE ENERGY FIELD
With the deployment of renewable energy technologies, the energy market is going towards a polycentric system characterized by the cohabitation of large- and small-scale installations. This configuration allows for the presence of new actors, fostering the deployment of renewable energy and …
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Power to the People? Cities, Citizens, and the German Energy Transition: A Comparative Case Study of Hamburg and Berlin
This thesis explores Germany’s *Energiewende* (‘energy transition’) and the role of citizen/community energy democracy initiatives at municipal and state levels in shaping developments that underpin this society-wide transformation - examining how grassroots agitation, in particular, has prompted …
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Knowledge Controversies and Renewable Energy Transition: Exploring Science and Policy Debates
… in the context of emergent concepts of energy democracy. This dissertation comprises three standalone articles (chapters 3-5). Chapter 3 uses rhetorical analysis to explore how scientific facts about wind energy’s impact on human health were co-produced by the science and policy …
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The Community Retrofit Trust: Incentivizing Deep Energy Retrofits in Massachusetts' Triple Deckers
… disparities between subsidized gas and electric energy rates, complex eligibility criteria, and misaligned incentives for landlords and renters constrain the widespread adoption of deep energy retrofits (DERs) in small multi-family homes. Drawing on energy democracy and reparative planning …
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NUMSA's Socially Owned Renewable Energy Proposal (2012) in Response to the Green Economy Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis
… proposal on ‘Building a Socially Owned Renewable Energy Sector in SA'. This proposal was primarily in response to the South African government's 2010 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) which set out a twenty-year plan to increase South Africa's renewable energy sources through public-private …
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COLLECTIVE ACTION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED STATES: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE EU AND THE US AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SCALING UP TO IMPACT THE ENERGY TRANSITION
With energy-related carbon emissions at historic highs, and trends expected to rise, organizing a new energy future is crucial now more than ever. In the face of increasing threats of climate disruption and energy security, one positive outlook is the drive for innovative grassroots solutions …